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Should I ship a Management Third-Person Shooter?
Third-Person Shooter + Management
Only 16 developers shipped a Management Third-Person Shooter in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 39 more are announced, ×3.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.4k, ×1.6 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $210k, ×146 the market median. Revenue is up 70% on the market; 39 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) |
| Top 25% | $6.6k (exactly $6,625) |
| Top 5% | $219k (exactly $219,334) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 32 |
| Announced | 39 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 70% on the market, supply 120% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Third-Person Shooter
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Management
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Third-Person Shooter, Management
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 76% positive over 722 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 39 games are announced against 11 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Third-Person Shooter with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + RhythmStrong odds
- + WesternFair
- + CollectathonLong shot
- + Time ManagementLong shot
- + Walking SimulatorLong shot
- + Class-BasedPoor odds
- + Creature CollectorPoor odds
- + DinosaursPoor odds
- + MechsPoor odds
- + Alternate HistoryPoor odds
- + Level EditorPoor odds
- + CraftingPoor odds
Comparable games
Boat Crew 2022 · EA · $323k 
Attack on Toys 2021 · EA · $243k 
The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire 2025 · EA · $219k 
VOIDCRISIS 2022 · $110k 
Try to survive Today 2025 · EA · $25k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Boat Crew | · EA older | $24.99 | 431 89% | 13k | $323k (exactly $323,121) | Tabbing Tabby |
| | Attack on Toys | · EA older | $6.99 | 1,158 93% | 35k | $243k (exactly $242,833) | N7T-GAMES |
| | The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire | · EA | $18.99 | 385 81% | 12k | $219k (exactly $219,334) | BEF GAMES |
| | VOIDCRISIS | older | $29.99 | 122 54% | 3.7k | $110k (exactly $109,763) | HEXADRIVE Inc. |
| | Try to survive Today | · EA | $10.99 | 77 68% | 2.3k | $25k (exactly $25,387) | VIVA |
 | Valand | older | $7.99 | 54 59% | 1.6k | $13k (exactly $12,944) | LOMS Studio |
 | Casino Boss Simulator | $4.99 | 69 56% | 2.1k | $10k (exactly $10,329) | Nons Games | |
 | Tactical Command | older | $7.99 | 43 88% | 1.3k | $10k (exactly $10,307) | Hardy Games |
 | Plastic Rebellion | older | $9.99 | 27 70% | 810 | $8.1k (exactly $8,092) | Detalion Games S.A. |
 | Deliverage | $12.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $6.6k (exactly $6,625) | Majao Games | |
 | Shoot The Barrels | $1.99 | 103 72% | 3.1k | $6.1k (exactly $6,149) | BATTLE LAB | |
 | Doctor Pigeon Simulator | $4.00 | 26 84% | 780 | $3.1k (exactly $3,120) | Peperoni Games | |
 | Sidewalk Simulator | · EA | $3.99 | 22 95% | 660 | $2.6k (exactly $2,633) | XCCWARE LLC |
 | Mechanized Corps: Rebirth | · EA | $9.99 | 8 37% | 240 | $2.4k (exactly $2,398) | X10 Games Studios, Inc. |
 | Fade Survival | · EA | $14.99 | 5 60% | 150 | $2.2k (exactly $2,248) | Phoenix Gaming Studios |
 | Lawnmower Game Battle 2: Reload | $1.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $597 (exactly $597) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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